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Centrica plc operates as an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Norway, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through Centrica Consumer, Centrica Business, Exploration & Production, and Centrica Storage segments. It supplies gas and electricity to residential customers, as well as offers energy-related services; and generates power from combined cycle gas turbines and nuclear assets. The company also provides installation, repair, and maintenance services for domestic central heating, plumbing and drains, and gas and kitchen appliances; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment; and water heaters, as well as offers breakdown services. In addition, it is involved in the procurement, trading, and optimization of energy; and supplies energy efficiency solutions and technologies to residential customers. Further, the company produces and processes gas and oil; develops new fields to maintain reserves; constructs, owns, and exploits infrastructure; and engages in the social enterprise investment fund activities. Additionally, it is involved in the trade and optimization of energy activities; provision of vehicle leasing, commercial, and insurance services, as well as energy management products and services; and operates a gas storage, and franchise network. The company also provides intermediary services, including claims handling and administration, as well as business, finance, and data management services; and offers sea freight water transport services. It primarily supplies energy and services to approximately 25 million customers under the British Gas, Direct Energy, and Bord Gáis Energy brands. The company was formerly known as Yieldtop plc and changed its name to Centrica plc in December 1996. Centrica plc was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

Financial Statements

The charts below show selected Annual and Quarterly Financial Data.

The purpose of these charts is to discover long and short term change dynamics. When numbers are growing year after year in the annual statements chart, the business become stronger and stronger and this is a good sign.

Quarterly Data Chart can be used to do a short term analysis. It makes sense to pay attention to the quarterly dynamics and do not wait for the next yearly statement. We should be alerted if we see that quarterly numbers are going down.

Annual Statements

On a charts below the Line shows absolute values and the Bar chart shows Year-Over-Year Growth Rate for selected financial statement item.
A consistent GROWTH is generally considered necessary to fund future growth from within a business.
NOTE: Growth Rate is not provided if either the latest period or the year-ago period contains a net loss.
(source: WSJ Digest of Earnings)
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Financial Statements

Income Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Balance Sheet

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

Current Ratio measures the ability to meet short term obligations. Generally accepted standard is 2 (current assets should be 2 times or 200% of current liabilities).

Quick Ratio

Measures immediate liquidity or the cash available to cover immediate liabilities. A safe margin would be at least 1 (100%).

Financial Leverage

Defined as total assets divided by total shareholders' equity. The higher the ratio, the more debt a company uses in its capital structure.

Profitability Ratios

ROA

Return on Assets (ROA) measures the income (profit) that is generated by the use of the assets of the business.

ROE

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity.
ROE is sometimes called "return on net worth."

ROIC

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measure gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns. Some investors use this figure as a final evaluation to determine whether or not to invest in a company.

Annual Statements

Item Name

Dec '07

Dec '08

Dec '09

Dec '10

Dec '11

Dec '12

Dec '13

Dec '14

Dec '15

Dec '16

Dec '17

Equity (BVPS)

5.28

6.97

7.02

7.37

7.61

6.14

3.68

2.36

2.50

growth rate

32.0%

0.7%

5.0%

3.3%

-19.3%

-40.1%

-35.9%

5.9%

Earnings BIT

3,427.70

1,070.55

1,618.00

4,564.85

2,063.12

3,963.78

2,467.00

1,462.00

1,198.00

1,337.00

1,194.00

growth rate

-68.8%

51.1%

182.1%

-54.8%

92.1%

-37.8%

-40.7%

-18.1%

11.6%

-10.7%

Avg.PE

22.27

9.26

34.01

13.95

19.16

19.78

19.78

7.09

22.98

growth rate

-58.4%

267.3%

-59.0%

37.4%

3.2%

0.0%

-64.2%

224.1%

ROA

13.12

-0.90

4.45

10.00

2.17

6.13

4.19

-4.39

-3.60

8.21

1.56

growth rate

-100.0%

100.0%

124.7%

-78.3%

182.5%

-31.7%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-81.0%

ROE

61.33

-3.59

19.85

38.66

7.37

22.09

17.09

-25.53

-38.18

86.99

12.41

growth rate

-100.0%

100.0%

94.8%

-80.9%

199.7%

-22.6%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-85.7%

ROIC

32.45

-1.69

11.59

22.37

5.13

12.97

9.70

-8.06

-6.32

22.87

6.71

growth rate

-100.0%

100.0%

93.0%

-77.1%

152.8%

-25.2%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-70.7%

Cur. Ratio

1.07

1.28

1.13

1.14

0.89

0.95

0.97

0.84

0.93

1.18

1.23

growth rate

19.6%

-11.7%

0.9%

-21.9%

6.7%

2.1%

-13.4%

10.7%

26.9%

4.2%

Quick Ratio

0.98

1.04

0.88

0.83

0.73

0.69

0.65

0.52

0.65

0.79

0.91

growth rate

6.1%

-15.4%

-5.7%

-12.1%

-5.5%

-5.8%

-20.0%

25.0%

21.5%

15.2%

Leverage

3.57

4.28

4.64

3.31

3.49

3.70

4.52

8.30

16.01

8.21

7.66

growth rate

19.9%

8.4%

-28.7%

5.4%

6.0%

22.2%

83.6%

92.9%

-48.7%

-6.7%

Balance Sheet

Dec '07

Dec '08

Dec '09

Dec '10

Dec '11

Dec '12

Dec '13

Dec '14

Dec '15

Dec '16

Dec '17

Acct.Receivable

3,851.00

4,895.00

4,695.00

4,315.00

4,597.00

4,392.00

growth rate

27.1%

-4.1%

-8.1%

6.5%

-4.5%

Acct.Payable

1,022.00

1,032.00

864.00

649.00

468.00

607.00

growth rate

1.0%

-16.3%

-24.9%

-27.9%

29.7%

Cur.Assets

6,140.00

7,729.00

8,118.00

7,544.00

9,293.00

9,162.00

growth rate

25.9%

5.0%

-7.1%

23.2%

-1.4%

Total Assets

30,428.27

31,583.53

31,312.24

31,789.84

21,952.00

23,446.00

22,692.00

19,158.00

21,894.00

20,668.00

growth rate

3.8%

-0.9%

1.5%

-31.0%

6.8%

-3.2%

-15.6%

14.3%

-5.6%

Cash

4,842.88

2,102.10

758.64

841.49

931.00

719.00

621.00

1,158.00

2,036.00

2,864.00

growth rate

-56.6%

-63.9%

10.9%

10.6%

-22.8%

-13.6%

86.5%

75.8%

40.7%

Inventory

545.00

530.00

555.00

395.00

372.00

409.00

growth rate

-2.8%

4.7%

-28.8%

-5.8%

10.0%

Cur.Liabilities

6,586.00

7,997.00

9,610.00

8,098.00

7,877.00

7,452.00

growth rate

21.4%

20.2%

-15.7%

-2.7%

-5.4%

Liabilities

23,224.09

24,773.63

21,859.27

22,692.64

16,025.00

18,189.00

19,621.00

17,816.00

19,050.00

17,240.00

growth rate

6.7%

-11.8%

3.8%

-29.4%

13.5%

7.9%

-9.2%

6.9%

-9.5%

LT Debt

5,302.62

7,462.95

6,431.40

5,960.29

4,581.00

4,983.00

5,149.00

5,814.00

5,972.00

5,433.00

growth rate

40.7%

-13.8%

-7.3%

-23.1%

8.8%

3.3%

12.9%

2.7%

-9.0%

Equity

7,204.18

6,912.25

9,452.97

9,097.20

9,628.41

5,192.00

2,735.00

1,178.00

2,666.00

2,699.00

growth rate

-4.1%

36.8%

-3.8%

5.8%

-46.1%

-47.3%

-56.9%

126.3%

1.2%

Common Shares

1,049.00

1,050.00

1,286.00

1,298.00

1,301.00

1,304.00

1,296.00

1,262.00

1,262.00

1,340.00

1,395.00

growth rate

0.1%

22.5%

0.9%

0.2%

0.2%

-0.6%

-2.6%

0.0%

6.2%

4.1%

Cash Flow Statement

Dec '07

Dec '08

Dec '09

Dec '10

Dec '11

Dec '12

Dec '13

Dec '14

Dec '15

Dec '16

Dec '17

Capital Expenditures

1,257.27

1,876.30

1,886.04

1,233.00

1,795.00

1,264.00

1,070.00

731.00

621.00

610.00

growth rate

49.2%

0.5%

-34.6%

45.6%

-29.6%

-15.4%

-31.7%

-15.1%

-1.8%

Cash Dividends

823.90

1,031.56

1,085.17

1,237.87

1,323.97

862.00

864.00

387.00

532.00

463.00

growth rate

25.2%

5.2%

14.1%

7.0%

-34.9%

0.2%

-55.2%

37.5%

-13.0%

Cash From OA

240.58

3,647.00

3,869.56

3,796.46

2,820.00

2,940.00

1,217.00

2,197.00

2,396.00

1,840.00

growth rate

1,415.9%

6.1%

-1.9%

-25.7%

4.3%

-58.6%

80.5%

9.1%

-23.2%

FCF per Share

1.32

1.40

0.87

0.56

1.82

1.24

0.31

1.29

1.31

growth rate

6.1%

-37.9%

-35.6%

225.0%

-31.9%

-75.0%

316.1%

1.6%

Sale Purchase of Stock

20.00

32.00

28.00

694.00

growth rate

60.0%

-12.5%

2,378.6%

FCF

1,265.00

-640.00

1,047.00

1,174.00

1,050.00

453.00

1,325.00

-239.00

1,227.00

1,567.00

958.00

growth rate

-100.0%

100.0%

12.1%

-10.6%

-56.9%

192.5%

-100.0%

100.0%

27.7%

-38.9%

Income Statement

Dec '07

Dec '08

Dec '09

Dec '10

Dec '11

Dec '12

Dec '13

Dec '14

Dec '15

Dec '16

Dec '17

Sales

34,392.88

35,678.89

36,426.16

37,077.59

23,942.00

26,571.00

29,408.00

27,971.00

27,102.00

28,023.00

growth rate

3.7%

2.1%

1.8%

-35.4%

11.0%

10.7%

-4.9%

-3.1%

3.4%

Op.Income

1,245.00

2,467.00

1,462.00

1,198.00

1,337.00

1,194.00

growth rate

98.2%

-40.7%

-18.1%

11.6%

-10.7%

IBT

1,085.90

1,618.00

4,563.22

2,059.87

3,924.79

1,649.00

-1,403.00

-1,136.00

2,186.00

142.00

growth rate

49.0%

182.0%

-54.9%

90.5%

-58.0%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-93.5%

Net Income

-225.75

1,371.08

3,143.41

683.91

1,245.00

950.00

-1,012.00

-747.00

1,672.00

333.00

growth rate

100.0%

129.3%

-78.2%

82.0%

-23.7%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-80.1%

EPS

1.28

-0.13

0.66

1.49

0.32

0.95

0.73

-0.81

-0.59

1.24

0.24

growth rate

-100.0%

100.0%

125.8%

-78.5%

196.9%

-23.2%

-100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-80.7%

Gross Profit

4,740.72

6,246.20

9,589.42

6,834.27

5,102.00

5,107.00

4,365.00

4,237.00

4,391.00

4,042.00

growth rate

31.8%

53.5%

-28.7%

-25.4%

0.1%

-14.5%

-2.9%

3.6%

-8.0%

Quarterly Statements

Item Name

Jun '17

Sep '17

Dec '17

Mar '18

Jun '18

Earnings BIT

277.50

319.50

319.50

436.00

436.00

growth rate

15.1%

0.0%

36.5%

0.0%

Balance Sheet

Jun '17

Sep '17

Dec '17

Mar '18

Jun '18

Acct.Receivable

4,438.00

4,392.00

4,392.00

4,767.00

4,767.00

growth rate

-1.0%

0.0%

8.5%

0.0%

Acct.Payable

4,792.00

607.00

607.00

4,995.00

4,995.00

growth rate

-87.3%

0.0%

722.9%

0.0%

Cur.Assets

9,063.00

9,162.00

9,162.00

8,006.00

8,006.00

growth rate

1.1%

0.0%

-12.6%

0.0%

Total Assets

20,011.00

20,668.00

20,668.00

20,258.00

20,258.00

growth rate

3.3%

0.0%

-2.0%

0.0%

Cash

2,398.00

2,864.00

2,864.00

1,538.00

1,538.00

growth rate

19.4%

0.0%

-46.3%

0.0%

Inventory

338.00

409.00

409.00

347.00

347.00

growth rate

21.0%

0.0%

-15.2%

0.0%

Cur.Liabilities

7,083.00

7,452.00

7,452.00

7,642.00

7,642.00

growth rate

5.2%

0.0%

2.6%

0.0%

Liabilities

17,323.00

17,240.00

17,240.00

16,235.00

16,235.00

growth rate

-0.5%

0.0%

-5.8%

0.0%

LT Debt

5,864.00

5,433.00

5,433.00

4,206.00

4,206.00

growth rate

-7.4%

0.0%

-22.6%

0.0%

Equity

2,552.00

2,699.00

2,699.00

3,288.00

3,288.00

growth rate

5.8%

0.0%

21.8%

0.0%

Common Shares

348.00

348.00

348.00

350.00

350.00

growth rate

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

0.0%

Cash Flow Statement

Jun '17

Sep '17

Dec '17

Mar '18

Jun '18

Capital Expenditures

136.50

168.50

168.50

134.50

134.50

growth rate

23.4%

0.0%

-20.2%

0.0%

Cash Dividends

129.00

102.50

102.50

213.50

213.50

growth rate

-20.5%

0.0%

108.3%

0.0%

Cash From OA

554.50

365.50

365.50

438.00

438.00

growth rate

-34.1%

0.0%

19.8%

0.0%

FCF

418.00

197.00

197.00

303.50

303.50

growth rate

-52.9%

0.0%

54.1%

0.0%

Income Statement

Jun '17

Sep '17

Dec '17

Mar '18

Jun '18

Sales

7,146.50

6,865.00

6,865.00

7,660.50

7,660.50

growth rate

-3.9%

0.0%

11.6%

0.0%

Op.Income

277.50

319.50

319.50

436.00

436.00

growth rate

15.1%

0.0%

36.5%

0.0%

IBT

40.50

30.50

30.50

207.50

207.50

growth rate

-24.7%

0.0%

580.3%

0.0%

Net Income

22.00

144.50

144.50

119.00

119.00

growth rate

556.8%

0.0%

-17.7%

0.0%

Gross Profit

1,010.50

1,010.50

1,010.50

1,128.00

1,128.00

growth rate

0.0%

0.0%

11.6%

0.0%

Growth Grade & Financial Ratios

All financial ratios below are calculated based on latest annual statements available and present the most up to date snapshot of a company finances.